Label holder for ledger book



p 1956 J. c. SOBESKY 2,764,161

LABEL HOLDER FOR LEDGER BOOK Filed Feb. 15, 1953 INVENTOR.

I J2 6'SOZeS/V United States Patent LABEL HOLDER FORLEDGER BOOK John C.Sobesky, Detroit,'Mich.

Application February 13, 1953, Serial No. 336,692

1'Claim. (Cl. 129-1) This invention relates to label devices, andparticularly to a label device having a supporting flange which isattachable to various types of ledger books.

Attempts have been made heretofore to provide a suitable label devicewhich can be applied to a ledger book against the exposed sheets at therear edge of the book so that the device will have a neat appearance andbe firmly anchored between the sheets. Difl'iculty was experienced dueto the variation in post diameters and the location of the postsrelative to the rear edge of the paper.

The present invention pertains to a label device made from plastic sheetmaterial having the label portion held in position by a flange disposedat slightly less than right angles which contains an aperture therein ofpredetermined form. Because the binding posts of the ledger books varyin diameter and location, the form of the slot provided in the flange issuch that it may engage and be firmly anchored to binding posts ofdifferent diameters and locations. The label portion may be opaque andwhite so that it can be directly written upon or it may have a reverselybent flange which forms a pocket for a label card.

Accordingly, the main objects of the invention are: to provide a labeldevice having a flange which projects between the sheets of the ledgerbook and which contains a slot which extends over a post of the book; toprovide a label device having a securing flange from which the labelportion extends, provided with a slot extending inwardly andlongitudinally, with the edges containing arcuate portions spaced apartdiiferent amounts so as to engage and be retained by a binding post ofthe book; and, in general, to provide a label device for a ledger bookwhich is made of plastic sheet material which is simple in constructionand economical of manufacture.

Other objects and features of novelty of the invention will bespecifically pointed out or will become apparent when referring, for abetter understanding of the invention, to the following description,taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a ledger book, with one cover removed,showing a label device of the present invention attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, sectional view of the structure illustrated inFig. 1, taken on the line 22 thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the label device illustrated in Figs. 1and 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a label device showing form of theinvention.

The label device of the present invention, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to3, is made from plastic sheet material, having a card holder portionmade up of a front window 11 and a reversely bent flange 12 which isspaced from the window 11 to form a pocket for a card to be mountedtherebetween. The card holder is disposed against the rear edges of thesheet 9 of a ledger book 7, which edges are secured in unit relation bythe posts 8. The Window portion 11 has a rearwardly projecting flange 13extending therefrom which is disposed at an angle less than 90 2,764,161Patented Sept. 25, 1956 from the window portion 11, as illustrated morespecifically in dotted line in Fig. 2. The flange 13 has a slot 14extending inwardly from the rear edge 15 and which extends lengthwise ofthe flange. The flange 13 is disposed on the top of or between thesheets 9, with the slot 14 slid over the post 8. The slot 14 has arcuatesurfaces 16, 17 and 18 on one edge and arcuate surfaces 19, 20, 21 and22 on the opposite edge which form projections that extendinto the slotfrom the opposite sides thereof, the projections on one side of the slotbeing offset with respect to the projections on the other side of theslot in a direction longitudinally of the slot. The radii of curva tureof the arcuate surfaces increase progressively toward the open end ofthe slot and the radii of curvature of the surfaces 16, 17 and 18 aregreater than the radii of the curvature of the cooperating arcuatesurfaces on the opposite sides of the slot. The arcuate surface 22,operating in conjunction with the arcuate surface 18, provides firmengagement with a post approximately to 4 in diameter, the center ofwhich is located closely adjacent to the edge of the sheets. The arcuatesurfaces 21 and 17 provide holding engagement with posts to in diameter,the center of which is spaced further inwardly from the rear edge of thesheets. The arcuate portions 29 and 17 provide tight engagement withposts of a diameter 7 to A the center of which is disposed furtherinwardly from the edge of the sheets, while the arcuate surfaces 19 and16 provide tight engagement for the holder on the rear edge of theledger book when posts are employed, the center of which is disposedfurther inwardly from the rear edge of the ledger sheets. Thus, thearcuate surfaces and the projections defined thereby preventstraight-line movement of the flange 13 in a direction parallel to theplane of the window portion 11 and cooperate with the window portion toprevent pivotal movement of the flange 13 when the window portion bearsagainst the rear edges of the sheets of the ledger book and the flange13 is disposed between the sheets of the book. The ledger books werecarefully examined as to position of the binding posts and the diameterthereof, and the arcuate surfaces provided on the edges of the slot 14of the flange 13 were so constructed as to provide tight engagement ofthe flange 12 and window 11 with the rear edge of the sheets 9 of theledger when the arcuate surfaces of the slot engage the particularbinding post of the book. A recess 24 is preferably provided in one orboth ends of the reversely bent flange 12 through which the finger mayextend to engage the card to aid in its insertion and removal.

In Fig. 4, a further form of the invention is illustrated, that whereinthe label device 25 is made from white plastic material on which thelabel indication may be printed or written. The flange 26 bearing thelabel indication has a flange 13 extending rearwardly therefromcontaining the slot 14, as above described. In this arrangement, thelabel device is supported on the ledger book in the same manner as thelabel device of Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, with the label indicationfurnished directly on the flange 26.

What is claimed is:

A label device for a ledger book having sheets retained by bindingposts, said label device being formed of sheet material and having asubstantially flat label portion adapted to bear against the rear edgesof the sheets of the ledger book, said label device also having anintegral substantially flat securing flange portion extending rearwardlyfrom the label portion in a plane disposed at an angle of slightly lessthan ninety degrees from the plane of the label portion and adapted tobe disposed between the sheets of the book, said flange portion definingan elongate slot extending generally longitudinally thereof and openingthrough its rear edge, the opposed edges of the slot each having aseries of intersecting arcuate indentations forming projectionsextending into the slot from opposite sides thereof, the radii ofcurvature of the indentations on each edge increasing progressivelytoward the open end of the slot and the'radii of curvature of theindentations on one edge being greater than the radii of curvature ofthe opposed indentations on the other edge, the projections on said oneedge being offset from the projections on said other edge in a directionlongitudinally of the slot, said ofiset projections being adapted toreceive therebetween and bear against ledger book binding posts whichare of different diameters and which are disposed at different distancesfrom the rear edges of the sheets of the book whereby the projectionscooperate to prevent straight-line movement of said flange portion in adirection parallel to the plane of the label portion and cooperate withsaid label portion to prevent pivotal movement of said flange portionwhen the label portion bears against the rear edges of the sheets of thebook and said flange portion is disposed between the sheets of the book.

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